A choir founded by none other than Jeremy Clarkson will perform in the Britain's Got Talent final tonight — and the Clarkson’s Farm star has said he will “probably faint” if they win the competition. However, if the Hawkstone Farmers Choir don’t come first, and Simon Cowell makes a “nasty” comment, Jeremy’s co-star Kaleb Cooper joked that he would “f*** up” the head judge’s hedge.
Writing in his latest Sun column, the 66-year-old said: “So the Hawkstone Farmers' Choir was born and tonight, after two spell-binding performances in the heats, they are in the final of Britain's Got Talent. I'll be there, cheering them on. And I cannot wait. Even my hair is excited.
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“If they win, I shall probably faint. And I have a message from Kaleb to Simon Cowell, who's a neighbour of ours: ‘If you say anything nasty about them, I'll get in my tractor and f*** up your hedge.’”
Cowell has an £8million Cotswolds mansion farmhouse in Oxfordshire and he once shared videos from the sprawling home to promote a Netflix show. He lives close to Clarkson who also resides in a mansion on his Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton.
The Hawkstone Farmers Choir, meanwhile, was founded one year ago when former Top Gear star Jeremy wanted to form a farmers' choir who could “sing sweary songs to advertise my beer”.
He put out adverts in the local farming press and before he knew it, a group of workers were belting out the line “f*** me, it’s good” in relation to his Hawkstone beer brand.
Clarkson described them as brilliant and patient and explained that they didn’t want to split up after the shoot was over.
Writing today, he added: “Even though they were from all over the country, they decided to stick together.
“They said that farming is a lonely job and it was good to feel part of a gang.”
And the gang that stuck together could tonight be crowned the 19th winner of Britain’s Got Talent — an achievement which would earn them £250,000 and give them the chance to perform at the Royal Variety Show.
The finale will air from 7pm until 9.30pm on ITV tonight (May 30) and the choir will have to compete against nine other acts including a mix of singers, magicians and a drone art group.
After the Hawkstone Farmers Choir made it to the final, Kaleb Cooper filmed a video showing a celebrating Jeremy punching the air in delight.
Afterwards, the group, who are among the favourites to win the show hosted by Ant and Dec, replied to the video, and said: “We just can’t believe it. Thank you all so much. Thank you for believing in us.”
And giving an insight into what Jeremy is like off-camera, Katryna Shell, a mum-of-three who performs with the choir, said: “He is exactly how he is on TV. He’s so nice. He’s genuinely so interested in our journey.”
